BAA - Articles and news items

BAA places £400 million Sterling bond to refinance existing debt

Airport news / 2 September 2010 / BAA

BAA today announces that it has successfully placed a £400 million Sterling Class B bond, with a 2018 maturity and a fixed annual interest coupon of 6.25%. (more…)

BAA announces new head of media

Airport news / 5 July 2010 / BAA Airports Limited

BAA has today announced that Andrew Teacher is to join the company as head of media relations from 1 September.

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Siemens appointed Eastern Campus Baggage Integrator at Heathrow Airport

Airport news / 5 July 2010 / Siemens plc

BAA has appointed Siemens, the leading logistics expert for airports and airlines, as the Eastern Campus Baggage Integrator at Heathrow Airport. The scope of the wide portfolio of projects includes the design and installation of Baggage Handling Systems for the new Terminal 2, in addition to specific upgrades and enhancements within the Eastern Campus of Heathrow, which will all be completed by December 2013.

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Amor Group announces strong results as it celebrates first anniversary

Airport news / 13 May 2010 / The BIG Partnership

Leading Scottish business technology solutions provider Amor Group is marking its first anniversary today with the announcement of strong results for its initial year of trading, including a near doubling of profits.

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Heathrow signs £800 million contract for Terminal 2

Airport news / 15 March 2010 / Heathrow Airport Limited

The £1 billion home for Heathrow’s 20 million Star Alliance passengers has moved a step closer, as BAA signed its largest ever construction contract. (more…)

A-CDM: Globally interoperable and mutually beneficial

Issue 1 2010, Past issues / 22 February 2010 / Tim Hardy, Airside Director, BAA

Picture the scene. A Boeing 747 has just arrived at the end of a long journey from Hong Kong or Los Angeles, taxis from the runway to an airport terminal and then is unable to park on its allocated stand. The captain sheepishly comes onto the PA system and announces to passengers that a stand isn’t available – but in fact, there’s still handling equipment on the desired stand left from the previous flight. Or, the stand entry guidance system hasn’t been switched on. Or, the ground crew have been sent to the wrong stand. Passengers are tired and want to get off, the aircraft’s engines are still running and precious minutes in turnaround time are wasted, leading to delays on the return flight, and mounting costs for airlines.

Passengers at Heathrow Airport though, will be enjoying smoother arrivals and departures from this autumn thanks to the introduction of a new initiative at the airport known as Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM). All airport partners at Heathrow now have access to the same information and a shared view of the airport, the first airport in the UK to implement this, meaning that delays due to lack of communication and coordination will become a thing of the past. (more…)

BAA Developing a Coherent Approach to Fire Safety Design

Issue 3 2009, Past issues / 26 May 2009 / John Boyce MSc(Eng) MSc (Struct E) BSc(Hons) CEng MIFireE MBEng MRICS, Head of Fire Safety Heathrow Airport and Gary Moorshead, Chief Fire Officer BAA

This is the first in a series of articles which describes some of the fundamental initiatives BAA have developed to ensure fire safety design is an integral part of the design process resulting in fire strategies that meets our operational and business requirements across our airports.

The layout of terminal facilities are designed and developed around processing operations as such the layout of facilities is largely pre determined by processes required to get passengers to and from aircrafts.

Airport Terminals are characterized by large undivided spaces with little physical separation between functional areas. Such design features could potentially make the facility very sensitive to a fire due to the potential for smoke spread throughout the concourse areas. (more…)

Transforming the passenger experience

Issue 2 2009, Past issues / 31 March 2009 / Steve Morgan, Capital Director, BAA

With a £6billion investment programme underway, BAA has a very clear goal: to transform its airports for its airline customers and passengers. Working over seven airports, the capital programme will deliver world class facilities, more space for security and improved environmental performance. (more…)

The T5 completion

Issue 2 2008, Past issues / 28 March 2008 / David Bartlett, Head of Design T5, BAA

The start of operations at Terminal 5 on 27 March 2008 marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Heathrow Airport. At a cost of £4.3bn, this has been a mammoth undertaking, successfully completed on time and on budget. Terminal 5 will redefine the passenger experience at Heathrow and set new standards both in terminal design and customer satisfaction.

Terminal 5 includes far more than a single building, the development includes: Terminal 5A, the main terminal building; Terminal 5B a satellite which provides additional capacity and pier-served aircraft stands, and Terminal 5C is a second satellite building which will open in 2010. All three buildings are linked underground by a Tracked Transit System (TTS), where driverless trains will shuttle passengers to their gates. The development provides Heathrow with the capacity to handle an additional 30 – 35 million passengers per annum. (more…)

An interview with Ian Hutcheson, Director of Security at BAA

Issue 1 2008, Past issues / 4 February 2008 / Ian Hutcheson, Director of Security at BAA

An interview with BAA’s Director of Security, Ian Hutcheson. (more…)